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Tags in joomla 3.1 (ENGLISH version) Eric Tiggeler

Since Joomla 3.1, you can use tags to organize content. The new Tags component in Joomla offers your site visitors new ways to find exactly the content they're interested in. Moreover, through Tags menu links ans Tags modules, you can control exactly what tagged contents you want to display and how you want to display it.

@ Duc Le -- Tags not showing in Category Blog layout seems to be a little oversight in the current release of Joomla 3.1. However, in Joomla 3.1.2 this will be corrected. Have a look at http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=706&t=801925 for more details.

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The problem with categories Sometimes properties (such as “vegetarian”) fit in more than one category Sometimes it‟s hard to keep the site structure simple and logical  -- hard to classify content for content managers  -- hard to find content for site visitors

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What can you do with tags? As used in other CMSes: a label assigned to content The difference with categories: you‟re not restricted to a fixed tree structure Any article can have as many tags as you like Easier to classify and navigate content

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Let‟s try out Tags in a test site Install Joomla 3.1 or higher The final release will be available on joomla.org The current beta release is found on http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/

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Displaying tags in a module Apart from the new Menu Item Types for tags there are also two new modules for tags:

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Using the Popular Tags module Module Manager > New > Popular Tags

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The output of Popular Tags This is what the module output looks like:

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Similar Tags module It doesn‟t display similar tags … … but it does display links to articles that have one or more tags in common with the current article Can be useful to direct visitors to related content (from „Pasta‟ naar „Pasta‟, „Vegetarian‟)

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Similar Tags module This is what the output of the Similar Tags module looks like

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Hoe good are Tags in Joomla? To say it‟s a great new feature would be an understatement … It‟s great, it‟s chill, it‟s dope, it‟s fresh! It‟s a combination of a component, Menu Item Types and modules Even nested tags are possible You can also tag the output of other components, such as Contacts Great for SEO (the findability of your content increases)

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Hoe can you use them?You can make it as simple or complex as you wantAs an addition to categories Categories for the main „sections‟ Tags for specific article propertiesAs an alternative for categories A full-blown, flexible system to organize content … You could even stop using categories

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The art of tagging Help your visitor to easily find content: use the words that your site visitor would use when searching the site Don‟t add too many tags per article Don‟t use different tags pointing to the same content Don‟t use general („gerechten‟) Avoid „tag stuffing‟